Indiana § 36-8-9-9 - Body armor

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§ 36-8-9-9. Body armor

Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, "body armor" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-47-5-13(a).

(b) After December 31, 2010, a town shall provide an active member of the police department of the town with body armor for the torso. The town shall replace the body armor for the torso according to the replacement period recommended by the manufacturer of the body armor for the torso.

(c) An active member of the police department of a town shall not be required to pay for maintenance of the body armor for the torso furnished under this section.

(d) Body armor for the torso provided by a town under this section remains the property of the town. The town may sell the property when it becomes unfit for use, and all money received shall be paid into the general fund of the town.

As added by P.L.34-2010, SEC.7.

IC 36-8-10Chapter 10. Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions

36-8-10-0.1Application of certain amendments to chapter 36-8-10-0.3Legalization of certain county fiscal body actions taken before July 1, 1994 36-8-10-1Application of chapter 36-8-10-2Definitions 36-8-10-3Sheriff's merit board 36-8-10-4County police force; creation; membership; budget and salaries 36-8-10-4.5Body armor 36-8-10-5Prison matron; appointment; powers and duties 36-8-10-5.5Chief deputy 36-8-10-6Emergencies; appointment of additional deputies and assistants 36-8-10-7Prisoner meal allowances 36-8-10-8Reinstatement of sheriff following expiration of term of office 36-8-10-9Powers and duties of members of department; refusal to be photographed or fingerprinted, withholding information, providing false information; misdemeanor 36-8-10-10Police officers; classification of ranks, grades, and positions; appointments 36-8-10-10.4County police force; preference for employment 36-8-10-10.5Repealed 36-8-10-10.6Special deputies with powers of law enforcement officer; appointment; qualifications; duties 36-8-10-11Police officers; discipline and removal; hearings; notice; appeal; specific findings; final judgment; venue 36-8-10-11.1Reinstatement following layoffs 36-8-10-11.5"Care" defined; payments for care 36-8-10-12Pension trust 36-8-10-12.1Maximum monthly pension 36-8-10-12.2Deferred retirement option plan (DROP) 36-8-10-12.5Purchase of service credit earned in certain Indiana public retirement funds 36-8-10-12.6Credit for service earned before establishment of department retirement plan 36-8-10-13Pension trust; participation by sheriff 36-8-10-14Death benefit program 36-8-10-15Disability benefit program 36-8-10-16Dependent's pension benefit; establishment and operation; maximum monthly pension payable; eligibility 36-8-10-16.3Treatment of certain payments as proper; reinstatement of monthly pension of certain surviving spouses 36-8-10-16.5Health insurance for surviving spouse and children 36-8-10-17Police benefit fund 36-8-10-18Repealed 36-8-10-19Restrictions on alienation of benefits; fund expenses; payment of insurance premiums 36-8-10-20Repealed 36-8-10-20.1County sheriffs' standard vehicle marking and uniform commission; establishment; adoption of rules; limitation of authority 36-8-10-21Application to certain counties; jail commissary fund; disposition of money from commissary sales; record of receipts and disbursements 36-8-10-22County operating jail; inmate money to be held in trust; disbursements from trust; payment upon discharge or release of inmate; payment for inmate destruction or loss of property; records 36-8-10-23Cost of living payments; ordinances and collective bargaining

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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